Improvement in wagon-covers



0. H. CUTLER.

Wagon-Cover.

No. 205,248; Patented June 25, I878.

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CHARLES H. CUTLER, OF LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WAGQN-COVERS.

4 Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 205,248, dated June25, 1878; application filed December 12, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. CUTLER, of Lawrence, in the county ofEssex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts,have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Devices for Securing Covers or Doors ofMarket-Wagons, Butchers Wagons, and the like, in either closed or openposition; audthat the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a sectional View of that part of awagon to which my improvement is applied; and Fig. 2, a rear view,showing the mechanism for disengaging the catch.

The letter A represents a portion of a wagonbody; B, a cover or doordesigned to close the rear of a wagon; C, a spring-latch designed tohold the cover B suspended; D, a shaft, having a crank in the center,designed to press back the spring C, and two arms, one at each end, andconnected by rods or wires to knobs, and designed to turn the rodsufficiently to unclasp the latch C; E, a latch designed to secure thecover or door when closed; F F, rods or wires attached to the shaft D; GG, knobs passing to the outside of body, and designed to force the rodsor wires F F down and the crank and spring back, thus disengaging thelever H;

H, a brace attached to B, and designed to engage the spring-latch C; I,a fulcrum-iron, over which the leverH bears, and designed to relieve thehinges from all strain; J J, hinges attached to cover or door.

In carrying out my invention, the device being applied substantially asdescribed, when it is desired to open the cover or door 13, raise thesame until the brace H engages and is held by the spring-latch C. Toclose the same, press down on either of the knobs G G, which throws thespring C (by its connections) back, relieving the brace H and cover B,which fall in place, closing the rear of carriage-body.

Having thus described my said invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- In a wagon-body, as herein described, the aCHARLES H. CUTLER.

\Vitnesses:

CHAS. D. MOORE, C. H. LITTLEFIELD.

